Knights ask Charlotte for $11M towards uptown stadium

Knights officials and developers told Charlotte City Council they’d like for the city to chip in 11-million dollars for a stadium uptown, joining Mecklenburg County that has already committed 8-million dollars to the plan.

[media-credit name=”CHARLOTTE KNIGHTS” align=”alignright” width=”300″][/media-credit]The Knights earned a particularly icy reception from some city council members, weary of promises of big crowds at Time Warner Cable Arena and the NASCAR Hall of Fame that they’ve heard about in the past.

Democrat Claire Fallon.

Jerry Reese, a long time opponent of the Knights’ plan, says he plans to file a sixth lawsuit blocking the plans.

The Knights must have two major sponsors lined up by the end of this month, or 100-thousand dollars deposited in an escrow account.

Groundbreaking on a proposed facility is penciled in for October, with first pitch in the spring of 2014.